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How old before your dc made you a cuppa?

47 replies

musicalfrog · 02/05/2022 07:41

What's a safe age for them to handle boiling water? I'm thinking maturity and height are also factors. 🤔

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prettybird · 02/05/2022 09:54

Ds is 21 and I'm still waiting HmmWink

MrsEricBana · 02/05/2022 09:57

prettybird · 02/05/2022 09:54

Ds is 21 and I'm still waiting HmmWink

Snap. Not even kidding. But yes, 10+

Cheeseycheeseycheesecheese · 02/05/2022 09:58

DS (2) is determined to help so I've bought a teapot that I put some water in and he will pour the water, milk, add the sugar and teabag/coffee to mugs at the coffee table in the livingroom. He loves it.
l'd say 7 is a fair age for using the kettle to make drinks though, height and maturity depending.

Idratherhaveacuppa · 02/05/2022 10:06

Best thing I ever did was teach DD how to make a brew in lockdown. I was WFH so she could bring me tea when I requested! She was 11. DS is 10 and a bit more clumsy but should probably learn. Today seems like a good day. Thanks OP (from me, DS will not thank you!)

Onthegrid · 02/05/2022 10:10

Mine are 22 and 25, we are still waiting. They make a great cocktail and coffee though.
Both played with tea sets when little and learnt to make tea at brownies but don’t drink tea. They did other stuff like cook, and do washing from around year 6 so I am not complaining.
In terms of age for kettle use I’d have said year 5 so age 9/10 depending on maturity and height for unsupervised.

BestDove · 02/05/2022 11:15

Never. I used to hate making tea for my parents!!

Jules912 · 02/05/2022 11:23

DS has from age 8, he does use his sister's step so he's a bit higher to the side and no reaching up with boiling water is required though.

filka · 02/05/2022 11:31

18, 16 & 9 - still waiting.

etulosba · 02/05/2022 12:41

I started when I was five with the help of my sister who was four. We overcame the height problem by standing on kitchen chairs.

Apparently, the tea was bloody awful, probably because it took us about half an hour to make it. I don’t think we warmed the pot and were a bit cavalier with the spoonfuls of tea leaves.

This was back in the early 1960s, so it was a welcome break from sweeping chimneys and going down the mines.

DomesticatedZombie · 02/05/2022 13:24

11

GrouchyKiwi · 02/05/2022 13:31

Our 7-year-old thinks it's super fun to make us hot drinks. I wonder how long this will last.

The first time she made me coffee she told me she'd put at least three teaspoons in. They must have been half-full because it was about perfect. Grin

HeDidWhattt · 02/05/2022 13:34

She’s 12 and not made me any, I’ve obviously missed a vital trick!!

Sqeebling · 02/05/2022 14:49

DD was 6

DS now 16 still has never made a cup of tea

Sqeebling · 02/05/2022 15:00

DS just doesn't like tea but he often cooks instead so that makes up for it. He cooked when we were very ill with covid for instance

chesirecat99 · 02/05/2022 15:32

prettybird · 02/05/2022 09:54

Ds is 21 and I'm still waiting HmmWink

23 and still counting here too 😂

He did make his DGM chai with evaporated milk though when he was in the sixth form. It was his first encounter with a tin opener and he had to ask how to use it!

TBF, he isn't a selfish manchild, I don't really drink hot drinks except when I am working and he doesn't ever drink them himself. As for the tin opener, I don't think we ever had tins without a ring pull in the house when he was growing up. He has made me some very lovely cocktails though and is a competent cook.

All of the DC helped out with cooking from reception but I guess they were about 9ish when they first used the kettle unsupervised.

caringcarer · 02/05/2022 15:41

15 year old with SN still can't do it.

Babyroobs · 02/05/2022 15:52

MIne are late teens and still won't make me one. They say i am too fussy. To be fair it does have to be a very specific shade.

Rowgtfc72 · 02/05/2022 17:31

6 or 7. Granted she would have been the height of your average 9 yr old.

redastherose · 02/05/2022 21:04

I'm fairly sure my DD1 was about 5 the first time she tried on her own (the kettle wasn't hot so wasn't the best cuppa ever obviously). She actually started making a cup of tea properly with an adult for assistance with the kettle shortly afterwards and did it herself by around the age of 6 or so. She was very good at helping with things like baking from the age of around 2 years old and generally helping in the kitchen so was used to being careful about things being hot etc very early on.

CasatnaKlimp · 02/05/2022 21:09

9 but we have a boiling water tap so no kettle to fill or lift. The main thing is them understanding what to do if they spill the water, or catch the cup with the kettle spout and tip the cup over.

@WutheredOut I would make her go back and do it again. Practise makes perfect after all Wink

fairylightsandwaxmelts · 02/05/2022 21:50

I was about 6 when I was making tea and coffee on my own - I even knew how to use my dad's fancy coffee machine and I could do a decent espresso or even a latte on there.

But with the coffee machine you didn't have to pour any hot water and the machine did all the pouring for you so it was just a case of adding cold water and milk and pressing the right buttons!

GoodJanetBadJanet · 02/05/2022 22:08

Around 8
Started doing stuff like that in Beavers /Cubs and he makes a great cup of tea now lol

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